The book s 578 photos 77 in color of sp hoppers, covered hoppers, and tank cars, most from company and museum archives and never before published, together with 109 drawings, extensive rosters, and bibliography, make it unusually complete and. Gene deimlings book, southern pacific steam switchers of the pacific lines, is a great source to see all the tender variations, also guy dunscombs, century of southern pacific steam. The complete diesel locomotive roster of the southern pacific and the cotton belt, 19651996, including the transition to union pacific. Locomotive rosters for major railroads by william d. The 484 northerns and 4664 challengers were purchased new. Does anyone know that status of james kerr s locomotive roster book. The first of which is the brand x endcabs photo essay, and the other is ge s sl series short line and industrial locomotives profile. Oaklandsan francisco to chicago in competition against southern pacific. The norfolk southern roster presented in this book is current as of january 1, 2018. The alco s 6 specification dl 430 was a dieselelectric locomotive of the switcher type constructed by alco of schenectady, new york. Diesel locomotive roster a list of all diesel locomotives owned by the np. Does anyone know that status of james kerrs locomotive roster book.
The union pacific railroad system is the second largest in the united states. He wrote the modeling column in the sp historical and technical societys magazine, trainline, for 25 years, and served five years as the societys president. Surviving steam locomotives of the southern pacific. This roster groups steam locomotives by their wheel arrangement. List of spokane, portland and seattle railway locomotives. Four appendices one on standard colors, a detailed bibliography and an index round out the book. The sp2 class 4102 steam locomotive was originally built for the southern pacific and delivered in 1926. Sp southern pacific locomotive roster railroad picture. For a roster that is updated regularly and kept current, see also r. This book has coverage of sps role in the development of agriculture and the citrus industry in the early 1900s.
Steam locomotive compendium southern pacific company. This is a monumental great work that readers of southern pacific historic diesels. If you are a kansas city southern fan, this month s remember when highlights kcs s decadeslong hunt for a colorful brand. Appearing below is a checklist of major railroads for which locomotive rosters have been. While the railroad is not the focus of the book, the book provides good background material to the early history of the sp, land grant management in particular, and is a good companion to orsis.
There is also a standard roster for 1979 followed by a pictorial roster. Comprising 88 pages allows a reader to get an executive overview of the southern pacific s operations. The union pacific switchers and slugs book has 116 pages. Index page for the roster of union pacific diesel locomotives, 19342009. The s 6 was an improved version of the earlier s 5. Expensive streamlined passenger cab locomotives were an essential part of the sp locomotive fleet, necessary to present a positive public image. Using a series of books, photographs, stories and a roster from 1969 i have come up with the following roster to use in modeling 1968.
The book also covers sps new locomotive purchases, visitors from other lines such as leased amtrak locomotives, sp locomotives on foreign lines, sp locomotive sales, and scrapped engines. The train master began production in april of 1953 and proved itself as the most successful locomotive on the market at the time, even if railroads didnt realize it. This issue is devoted to an all time steam and diesel roster for the illinois central. Baldwin locomotive works collection is devoted to the largest and most influential manufacturer of steam railroad locomotive engines in the world. Built from february of that year through june of 1975, the southern pacific was the only buyer acquiring a healthy 247 examples that worked very well in solving its overheating problems.
This site has over 18,260 photographs of over 1,500 locomotives mainly steam as well as other equipment in 449. A working list of books and booklets on the southern pacific and related subsidiaries compiled by peter j. Please note that this is not a comprehensive roster. Del grosso who s well researched railroad publications can be found at. Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on today s freight railroads, passenger service amtrak, locomotive technology, railroad preservation and history, railfan opportunities tourist railroads, fan trips, and great railroad photography. Train, railroad, transportation books from karens books.
Southern pacific railroad s signature locomotive this is an inexpensive book with good quality to the binding and pages. A page of railroad books and manuals in gallery and pdf format on railroad books and manuals. Louis southwestern cotton belt route ssw, or simply cotton belt railroad during the 1960 s, and remained as a subsidiary until shortly before the southern pacific s demise in 1996. A further corporate layer was added on august 14, 1884 when the southern pacific company was created in kentucky to manage all properties under the. Nearly everyone has some type of connection to toy trains, whether it the ultimate guide in toy train collections this is the last locomotive to unofficially run on the westside lumber co. According to the book the great northern railway, a history by authors ralph. Locomotives of the southern pacific spotters guide book a few months ago, mr.
Southern pacific historic diesels is a series of pictorial histories defining the growth and. According to brian solomons book, southern pacific railroad, the group then formed a new southern pacific railroad on october 12, 1870 to obtain the original and others mentioned including cp. Jesse costa was kind enough to contact me when i started my series of blog posts, and suggested that i post the information about sp steam engines part 1 classes using of his copy of locomotives of the southern pacific, for rail fans and model builders from his. However, if you only know the car number, the book lacks a listing by car numbers, which would enable you to find the class to which it belongs. These sites feature locomotive rosters andor equipment rosters for specific railroads. The union pacific railroad legally union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific, is a freighthauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles 51,800 km routes in 23 u. Saw the winter 20056 edition of locomotive quarterly had a section devoted to sps tenwheelers with a number of nice photos. Articulated locomotives are essentially two locomotives sharing fire box, boiler and crew. This volume is based on the diesel locomotive roster which includes.
The law was cancelled and the tno was liquidated effective 11161. This is the latest roster book that will keep reader keep up with all of the changes including new power, retired power and other details. While the up s units were nicknamed uboats, the sp s units gained the nickname baby hueys from the cartoon character of the same name. The division of sp lines east as tno was due to a provision of texas law that required railroads operasting in texas to be incorporated in texas. The bend roundhouse always had a group of rs3s that worked the local jobs in the area. They were kept on the roster until the late 1970s, but were often sidelined. Central pacific railroad photographic history museum. A longtime sp modeler in ho and a california native, tony thompson is interested in sp history, and has published both magazine articles and books on this subject. I will just present a single example photo, a mac gaddis image from 1953 of the right or northern side of the. I have the 2012 copy but it does not appear that a 20 edition ever came out. Click here to join the mailing list, send a comment or query, report a broken link or suggest a new one. All information in this volume is based on official sp, car and locomotive builder. John signor has a knack for writing, illustrating, and map making.
Alltime diesel locomotive roster steam locomotive roster information. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book, atlas obscura. Sacramento locomotive works sacramento, california atlas. Bnsf railway locomotive directory 20172018 paul wester and paul k withers. The front locomotive has its cranks quartered 90 degrees apart. List of spokane, portland and seattle railway locomotives wikipedia. The second roster comes from prototype modeler pdf file of the monon diesel roster courtesy of steve and gary dolzall. This page is part of david coscia s sp site march 15. He has drawn on many historical sources, including the extensive files of the railroad itself, to produce this outstanding book on sp s coast line route history. Karen s books offers transportation books and videos at discount prices delivered right to your door. This page is dedicated to the surviving steam locomotives of the southern pacific railroad and its subsidiaries. The definitive reference source on the subjectdesigned to supplement strapacs southern pacific historic diesels series.
There is an odd story from some secondary book of years ago to the effect that the usmrr snagged a couple of cp engines. Among other details this book will report for each of 2700 diesel locomotives. Pnwcnrhs the spokane, portland, and seattle railway. The spokane, portland and seattle railway was built by james j.
The southern pacific kept the three but did not order any more. Of the southern pacific railroad david coscias website. Collection of baldwin locomotive works records, 18561956. This book is an easy read that documents the history of southern pacific steam from its origin until the mid 1950s. January 16, 2019 another model no longer remaining on the csx roster is the standard cab sd60, here s former conrail 6865 built 989 seen here at selkirk diesel on 9512 as csxt 8720, retired 2017 and sold to ltex. In 1998, the union pacific merged with southern pacific transportation. Southern pacific railroad sp 2467 is one of 15 462 heavy pacific type steam locomotives built by baldwin locomotive works in 1921, designated the p8 class. This is the latest roster book that will keep reader keep up with all of the.
Features the alltime steam locomotive roster of the southern. Table of named locomotives of the cp sp world sorted by locomotive. Edson with the publication of the locomotive roster of the milwaukee road in a recent issue of railroad history, the rosters of most major u. Some books and manuals that are either out of or that i have permission to publish on this website. The information has been provided by members of the southern pacific email group and from the book coauthored by diebert and strapac, southern pacific steam locomotive compendium. Includes active duty and retired locomotives on the southern pacific railroad from 1990 through 1994, by barnes, richard jr.
Tony thompson s new work is the first of a series of books by signature press which will cover all of the sp s freight car fleet from the turn of the century until well into the diesel era, and an impressive beginning it is. A variant of the new model was the sd45t2, with the t denoting its design tunnel use. Southern pacific diesel locomotive compendium, volume 1. The entire diesel roster of the southern pacific and its associates number by. See rick hammans book california central coast railways page 234 on the railroads of the central coast. On july 25, 1960, the locomotive was donated to oakland, california, where it was placed on display at the harrison railroad park. Hill, the empire builder, who also built the great northern railway and who controlled the northern pacific and chicago, burlington and quincy railroads. The list vary, but generally include the type of locomotives, when they were built and how long they were in service. This excellent book contains diagrams of the wood and heavyweight cars up to that time. Southern pacific diesel locomotive compendium, vol. We specialize in railroad books, train books, train dvds, military, tanks, trucks, automobiles, aviation, motorcycles, buses, tractors, ships, locomotives, calendars and all forms of transportation books.
New arrivals train, railroad, transportation books from karens. Southern pacific lines coast line division the route of the. The definitive reference source on the subjectdesigned to supplement strapac s southern pacific historic diesels series. The diesel rosters posted on this page are from two sources.
Bmwe sp system track welding welding foreman class 1. The h2466 utilized fairbanks morse s 2cycle 38d8 18 opposed piston prime mover that could produce a hefty 2,400 horsepower using cc trucks the model was equipped with the trimount desi. This book looks at newlydiscovered information about the engines construction by the american locomotive company of schenectady, n. The southern pacific, however, has been largely ignoreduntil now. Apr 22, 2011 but i supplemented my existing knowledge with marty mcguirks fine kalmbach book, locomotive servicing terminals kalmbach books, waukesha, wi, 2001, which contains an excellent selection of prototype photos and some modeling suggestions. This page is part of david coscias sp site march 15. Owned by brad milne who unsuccessfully tried to restore the railway of california s last steam logging operation. Locomotives of the southern pacific spotters guide book.
Diagrams common standard passenger train cars southern pacific lines, as of march 1, 1933 this excellent book contains diagrams of the wood and heavyweight cars up to that time. This collection includes specifications, engineering drawings, advertising and corporate publications, ledgers, and manuscripts. The first one listed is from george hiltons book the monon route. The southern pacific bought streamlined passenger diesel locomotives from alco and electromotive between 1937 and 1955, enough to dieselize its entire roster of intercity passenger trains. According to mike schafers book, classic american railroads. The all time roster of locomotives 27 in total is worthy of a study in and of itself and therefore is not included on this page. For sp practice, i examined several of john signors fine books about different parts of the sp.